ABETMENT AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

A PROJECT PROPOSAL MADE BY

NAME :
ROLL NO :
CLASS : B.A. LLB (HONS.)
SUBMITTED TO :

A rough draft proposal made in partial fulfillment of the course Criminal Law-I during the
academic session 2017-2018, Semester III.

SEPTEMBER 2017
CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, NYAYA NAGAR, MITHAPUR, PATNA,

BIHAR, 800001
 I. INTRODUCTION

Under the Penal Code a person becomes liable as an abettor if he instigates another to commit a
crime, or engages in a conspiracy with another to commit a crime and some act is done in
furtherance of such conspiracy or if he intentionally aids another in order to facilitate the
commission of a crime. The term ‘abet’ in general usage means to assist, advance, aid, conduce,
help and promote. The word ‘abet’ has been defined as meaning to aid; to assist or to give aid; to
command, to procure, or to counsel; to countenance; to encourage; induce, or assist, to encourage
or to set another one to commit. Chapter V of the IPC on ‘Abetment’ provides for the law covering
the responsibility of all those considered in law to have abetted the commission of offence. The
chapter on abetment contains 15 sections.

II. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

The researcher wishes to critically analyze the following in her research work.

 The punishments for the abettors in crime.

 The provisions under which any person is claimed as abettor.
 The liabilities of the abettor under abetment as a criminal offence.

III. HYPOTHESIS

Under Indian Penal Code, Abetment has been made a criminal offence. The researcher will provide
in her research work that abetment to a thing does not constitute an offence but the abetment
towards the various stages of a crime will serve abetment as a crime.

IV. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This research will be a doctrinal research and will involve no non-doctrinal sources of
methodology.

V. SOURCES OF DATA

The researcher will rely upon both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary sources
include cases while the secondary sources include books.
VI. STYLE OF WRITING

The researcher will be using both descriptive and analytical styles of writing.

VII. MODE OF CITATION

The researcher will be using a uniform mode of citation throughout this paper.

VIII. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY.

Though the researcher will try her level best not to leave any stone unturned in doing this project
work to highlight various aspects relating to the topic, but the topic is so dynamic field of law, the
researcher will sight with some of unavoidable limitations. The limitations encountered by the
researcher were the paucity of time.

IV.TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION

 Stages of crime.
 Difference between abetment of a thing and crime.
 Ways in which abetment is constituted as criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code.
 Liabilities and Punishments for the abettors.
 Criticism and Suggestions.
 Conclusion.
 Bibliography.